drucken

See also: Drucken, drücken, and Drücken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German drucken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Doublet of drücken (“to press, push”) with Upper German lack of umlaut before a velar geminate; the first German printers were in the south.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrʊkən/, [ˈdʁʊ.kŋ̍], [-kən]
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Verb

drucken (weak, third-person singular present druckt, past tense druckte, past participle gedruckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to print (a book, newspaper etc.)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “drucken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “drucken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “drucken” in Duden online
  • “drucken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrukken, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrʏkːən/

Verb

drucken

  1. to press

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive drucken
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive drucken
In genitive druckens
In dative druckene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular drucke —
2nd singular drucs, druckes —
3rd singular druct, drucket —
1st plural drucken —
2nd plural druct, drucket —
3rd plural drucken —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular drucke —
2nd singular drucs, druckes —
3rd singular drucke —
1st plural drucken —
2nd plural druct, drucket —
3rd plural drucken —
Imperative Present
Singular druc, drucke
Plural druct, drucket
Present Past
Participle druckende —

Descendants

  • Dutch: drukken
    • Afrikaans: druk
    • → Caribbean Javanese: nggedrig
    • → Papiamentu: drùk, druk
  • Limburgish: drókke, drökke

Further reading

  • “drucken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “drucken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Swedish

Adjective

drucken (not comparable)

  1. drunk; under the influence of alcohol

Declension

Inflection of drucken
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular drucken — —
Neuter singular drucket — —
Plural druckna — —
Masculine plural3 druckne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 druckne — —
All druckna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Verb

drucken

  1. past participle of dricka.

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